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In this article, I report on the primary features of the IJCAI-07 program, including its theme, schedule, and organization. In particular, I discuss an effective and novel presentation format at IJCAI in which oral and poster papers were presented in the same sessions categorized by topic area. The theme of the conference was "AI and its benefits to society," with the aim of highlighting and raising our research interests for problems of direct relevance to society. It was our hope that the theme of the conference could also be discerned in the technical papers and that the work be used towards the realization of that goal. The theme was particularly evident in the invited talks.